Anne Wentworth, A true Account of Anne Wentworths Being cruelly, unjustly, and unchristianly dealt with by some of those people called Anabaptists

Alison Searle (University of Leeds)

Ed. by Jacqueline Eales, Canterbury Christ Church University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.04: English Writing and Culture of the Seventeenth Century, 1625-1688.
Vol. editors: Jennifer Brady (Rhodes College), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Neil Forsyth (Université de Lausanne), Claire Preston (Queen Mary, University of London), J A Roe (University of York), Virginia Mason Vaughan (Clark University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1676

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Autobiography (any)

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This pamphlet is Anne Wentworth’s first known work in print. Its full title indicates its religious and polemical provenance: “A true Account of ANNE WENTWORTHS Being cruelly, unjustly, and unchristianly dealt with by some of those people called ANABAPTISTS, OF THE Particular opinion, and all the cause she gave, and what she hath done.” The author protests that she would never have appeared “in publick” but that she has been “forced to declare the tender mercies of God, and cruelty of man”; this personal discourse of self-justification is coupled with a more general spiritual imperative, which transforms her autobiographical account into a prophetic text, “Also her discovering the two Spirits which are in the World, and her giving warning of what e’re long will surely…

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Citation: Searle, Alison . "A true Account of Anne Wentworths Being cruelly, unjustly, and unchristianly dealt with by some of those people called Anabaptists". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 21 April 2009 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=26463, accessed 24 April 2024.]

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